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What actually should win?
Thats what were here to determine.
Todays focus: Drama series.
Watching it probably feels too much like work for some voters.
The Emmy should go to …The Americans.For the finale alone, but really for all of it.
If he wins on that basis, itll seem kind of fluky.
The Emmy should go to …Rhys.
For the parking-garage scene in the finale alone what an acrobatic display of tone-shifting that was!
Shes also a history-maker asthe first Asian woman nominatedin the category.
But the series has struggled a bit creatively in its second season without George R.R.
Martins source material to adapt, and the characters felt a bit thinner this time around.
The Emmy should go to …Patinkin.
The Emmy will go to …Harbour, because who doesnt love this character, and this performance?
Plus, hes acting opposite Eleven, which makes him look even better than he mightve already.
The Emmy should go to …Newton.
There isnt a single frame of her performance onWestworldthat isnt both impeccable and affecting.
The Emmy will go to …Dowd again.
The Emmy will go to …Alan Taylor for Beyond the Wall, because damn.
Ive watched it four times now and would gladly watch it one more time, because its note-perfect.
Just remembering that razor-edged opening scene puts a grin on my face.
The Emmy should go to …EitherThe AmericansorKilling Eve.
The end or the beginning.
